Eudora News (Newspaper) - July 31, 2008, Eudora, Kansas COME TOGETHER Eudora celebrates the CPA 7A State tourney on deck AA Legion baseball team beats Bishop Ward on way to qualify for 1B SPORTS 16 PAGES THE EUDORA NEWS KANSAS JULY 2OO8 75 CENTS i i i i ii Weldon to increase monthly rates DAVID OAKES The Eudora City Council Monday approved a price adjustment in the con tract of Weldon Enterprises caused by rising fuel Prices will increase by per or 11 The contract Weldon signed with the city in September 2007 allowed for adjustments to be made as a result of increases in energy As you are no doubt fuel prices continue to spiral to historic lev Randy Weldon wrote in a letter to council Weldon Enterprises has acted in good faith to resist seek ing relief as long as we Weldon also addressed the council and stated the company has seen a 63 percent increase in diesel fuel since the contract was signed This is the first time in 30 years of doing business with Eudora that weve come in during a contract to ask for any thing like Weldon Its just kind of extraordinary circumstances that everybody is Weldon suggested a sliding scale depending upon fuel but City Administrator Cheryl Beatty said it could cause more I will tell you from experience that doing a sliding scale is a she said Number its more work for your clerks and number your cus tomers wont understand As the owner of Pyle Mayor Tom Pyle said he understood the need for the price adjustment because he has seen similar price increases from compa nies that make deliveries to and for his Nobody wants to pay but 1 dont think your prices are too out Pyle City Administrator Cheryl Beatty clarified the fact with Weldon and the council that if prices the contract still can be Beatty later said the price increase is indicative of several industries that are dealing with spiking fuel City Attorney David Waters will draft a new ordinance for the rate and Weldon will take similar requests for rate increases to De Soto and City to raise sewer rates DAVID OAKES Eudora residents will see an increase in the cost of sewage within the next two months as a result of upgrades that need to be made to the wastewater According to the results of a waste water report by BG the system cannot handle flows during peak One of the ways that problem will be alleviated is through the wastewater lagoon and headworks which will cost about The City Council on Monday gave permission for BG to put the project out for City Administrator Cheryl Beatty said the project was needed as a result of poor planning when the wastewater system was improved in r What was unfortunate about the wastewater improvements that were made seven years ago was that when See Page 3A Polling places open Tuesday STAFF REPORTS Polls will be open from 7 to 7 Tuesday for primary Polling places according to districts will be District 50 west Eudora will vote at the Church of 1530 Winchester Road District 52 north Eudora will vote at Eudora City 4 7th District 53 south Eudora will vote at the Eudora Township Fire 310 20th District 54 central Eudora will vote at the Eudora Community 1630 Elm Voters will cast their ballots in the following races National offices In the Democratic Lee of Overland Park will face off against Jim of Pat Roberts runs posed in the Republican Kansas Legislature In the 38th District Kansas House neither incumbent Republican Anthony Brown of Eudora or Democratic candidate Stephanie Kelton of Lawrence face primary chal The story is the same in the 9th Senate District were incumbent Republican Roger Pine of Tonganoxie and Tom who served three years in the Kansas will be unopposed in the Douglas County Commission In the 2nd District which repre sents North Lawrence and much of See Page 3A ALL SMILES DAVID EUDORA NEWS Brandon Gregory and Mike sK on the ATV Jeff Gregory is using to tow Mara Lexi Frost and Samantha Gregory and their float A Salute to Nurses of The float won first place in the Kids Parade Friday during the CPA For more CPA Picnic see page receives Medicare certification DAVID OAKES Its Friday afternoon and Eudora resident Richard Folks is in the mid dle of a physical therapy session at Eudora as a result of a right knee His left knee requires the same and while the 84yearold retiree doesnt look forward to another round of physi cal the fact that he will be able to stay at Eudora on a basis eases his mind about the Folks stay is a first at and comes as a result of the skilled nursing facility officially becoming Medicare certi fied on July The certification will allow com munity members to use the facility in a nonpermanent man In this particular Folks surgery was done at Shawnee Mission Hospital and he then was transferred to receive physical thera py at They started this down but they can only go so so we came here DAVID NEWS Physical therapists Tonya Bolte and Kristen Hayes work with Richard Folks Friday at and were home Folks Theyre taking good care of Medicare A will pay for up to 100 days of medication and Medicare B will pay for 80 percent of the cost of there The facility formerly was called Eudora Nursing but was pur chased by Acquiring Medicare certification was one of the first things President Garen Cox hoped to Eudora adminis trator Tami Klinedinst said the certi fication is a positive for the facility and members of the Medicare is a payer and if you want to survive in the youve got to have that payer source to continue she with the way money is right patients need that extra payer help in order to get the rehab they who is receiving help from Faye said the proximity of care improved the amount of com fort he but it also alleviated the burden of having to travel during a time when gas prices have increased to nearly a If you look at Richards he can still stay here as a member of the community and then as hes home and needs to continue he can come back as an outpatient and that makes it a lot easier on Klinedinst Klinedinst also said being able to receive Medicare patients will add to the continuity of care and future patients will With the same they know his history and they know what theyve done with him in the past and where they need to take she The News next week City officials will meet to discuss the 2008 budget Inside today PUBLIC NOTICES 7B DAYS GONE News online Get your hometown news every day with the Internet edition of The Eudora Go to WHERE TO CALL EUDORA NEWS 5422747 FAX 542329O EMAIL
